ST. John's Women's Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 880779699RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($613,480) as filed with the CRA.
ST. John's Women's Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $591K in revenue and $613K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $101K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $354K in 2020 to $591K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Education/information/referrals - provide information on wide variety of issues such as family law divorce violence against women. The Women's Centre also provides a clothing and food bank as well as a drop in centre. The Safe Harbour Outreach Program is designed to assist in the safety and well being of women.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $591K | $613K | $572K | — | — | $376K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $789K | $500K | — | — | $640K |
| 2022 | $737K | $636K | $480K | — | — | $350K |
| 2021 | $648K | $472K | $320K | — | — | $250K |
| 2020 | $354K | $377K | $195K | $14K | — | $74K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $101K from 9 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$40K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,758
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,751
- Fig Fund Foundation Inc.$5,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$500
- United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$107
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$45
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$28
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$448K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amanda Eid (director); Amy Hartery (treasurer); Caitlin Urquhart (director); Laurabel Mba (secretary); Hope Jamieson (chairperson); Suzy Haghighi (director); Lisa Hunt (director); Lauren Jardine (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST. John's Women's Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 880779699RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.